A new survey suggests that approximately 6% of dads, or 600,000 men, are now their child’s main carer at home. This figure has risen from about 60,000 in 2000.
The majority of dads who stayed at home did so because their partner earned the higher salary, according to the survey of 1,000 parents by insurance firm Aviva. Mums earned more in one in six of all the households surveyed.
The men who stayed at home were generally happier with the arrangement than the women, with 75% of dads saying that they were fortunate to spend so much time with their children.
Nearly a third of the dads said they found looking after the kids more rewarding than going to work, although, 10% admitted they felt less of a man because they were not earning.
Another study by the University of Oxford found that dads these days are generally more hands-on than their own dads were, and spend much more quality time with their children. They spent an average of 32-36 minutes a day caring for their kids in 2000, compared to 3-8 minutes in 1975.
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